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Takashi Homma
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3 years ago
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I would like to know whether the folder is under a team folder or a user folder

I would like to know whether the folder that specified in the Chooser widget is under a team folder or a user folder. Is there an appropriate API for this? I guess it is available by folder id and g...
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Takashi Homma's avatar
Takashi Homma
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

I'll make 2 API requests.

  1. call to /2/files/get_metadata API with folder ID without Dropbox-API-Path-Root header
    1. if receive code 200 response, it means user folder.
    2. if receive code 409 response, then continue to next.
  2. call to /2/files/get_metadata API with same folder ID and Dropbox-API-Path-Root header
    1. if receive code 200 response, it means team folder.

Do you think this is appropriate workflow?

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Takashi Homma Yes, additionally note that some teams currently have a team space, and some don't. Make sure to read through the Team Files Guide to understand how the different configurations work.

 

Also, note that there may be multiple reasons an endpoint would return a 409, so always check the error in the response body for the specific error case. You can find the errors for each endpoint in the endpoint documentation, such as for /2/files/get_metadata.

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